Why do people who want to ride the T Lift bus have to provide their Social Security numbers?

"It is an identifying number within the computer system," said Karin Rexroad, public transit administrator. She said a Social Security number wasn't required.

Q: Why doesn't the city let the residents of Lawrence vote on the issue of the number of unrelated individuals allowed to live in one residence and the landlord registration issue?

A: City Manager Mike Wildgen said: "State law does not allow for zoning decisions in this case an amendment to the actual zoning code to be made at the ballot box, but only through procedures requiring planning commission and city commission action."